Cable school training courses in Boston, MA (public, in-house or online)

After completing this course the student should be able to:

Describe the current DOCSIS implementation in detail and, at a conceptual level, describe how DOCSIS technology is adapting to meet Service Provider and customer needs.
Describe the benefits and limitations associated with the advanced PHY components of a DOCSIS 2.0 deployment.
Discuss the design considerations surrounding the deployment of a robust, resilient, highly available cable infrastructure in support of residential...

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The ICCR course reviews and enforces basic Radio Frequency knowledge as needed to implement data services over a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) network. This course will familiarize you with the Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) 1.1 and 2.0 including terminology, concepts and core protocol functionality. You will also become familiar with Cisco’s uBR7246VXR, uBR7100 Series and uBR10012 CMTS products including overviews, hardware and software component functions, system confi...

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When you complete this lesson, you will be able to identify the components of medium voltage cable and why each is needed.

Relate the difference in “pressure�between low voltage and medium voltage.
Describe corona.
Describe partial discharge.
Describe conductor stranding.
Identify the strand shielding
Describe conductor insulation.
Describe insulation stranding.

When you complete this lesson, you will be able to determine how to place your wire and cable in the conduit and cable tray.

Describe the use of the following:
Cable trays
Junction boxes
Wire ducts
Explain the importance of using a marking and numbering system.

This course is designed to provide a high level explanation of how cable TV and direct broadcast satellite TV work, and the architectures commonly used to distribute programming to the TV. The course describes the architecture and services offered by modern cable TV hybrid fiber/coax architectures, modern Broadband Passive Optical Network Fiber to the Premises (BPON) architecture being installed by Verizon communications, and architecture and services offered by modern Direct Broadcast Satellite...

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